Climate Changes Updates 29 August 2013

1)    Ancient artefacts found in melting snow

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23849332

 

2)    Taiwan urged to tackle climate change

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/08/29/2003570861

 

3)    Tropical ocean key to global warming ‘hiatus’ 

http://www.nature.com/news/tropical-ocean-key-to-global-warming-hiatus-1.13620

 

4)    Global warming and oceans: what are the known unknowns?

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/aug/28/global-warming-oceans-known-unknowns

 

5)    Government calls for UNFCCC participation to jointly deal with climate change

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/foreign-community/2013/08/29/387600/Government-calls.htm

 

6)    How the Pacific has paused global warming on hold (but not for long)

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/how-the-pacific-has-paused-global-warming-on-hold-but-not-for-long-8788403.html

 

7)    Cooler Pacific Ocean May Explain Climate Change Paradox

http://www.livescience.com/39250-global-warming-pacific-cooling.html

 

8)    La Niña-like conditions behind gentler global warming, study finds

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang/wp/2013/08/28/la-nina-behind-gentler-global-warming-study-finds/

 

9)    ‘Safe’ Levels of Environmental Pollution May Have Long-Term Health Consequences

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130829112852.htm

 

 

10)                       People Don’t Fear Climate Change Enough

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-27/people-don-t-fear-climate-change-enough.html

 

11)                       Humans’ complicity in climate change can’t be ignored

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-global-warming-warning-cant-be-ignored/2013/08/26/448eb232-0c39-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html

 

12)                       UK in danger of falling behind in global green race

http://www.edie.net/news/6/UK-in-danger-of-falling-behind-in-global-green-race/

 

13)                       EDF Energy behind schedule on CO2 emissions target

http://www.edie.net/news/6/EDF-Energy-behind-schedule-on-CO2-emissions-target-/

 

• Antarctic glaciers sensitive to climate change, research shows

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/08/29/antarctic-glaciers-sensitive-to-climate-change-research-shows/

 

15)                       Why the word ‘sustainability’ should be banned

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2013/aug/29/meaningless-word-sustainability-banned

 

16)                       Will our cooling habits aggravate climate change?

http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2291381/will-our-cooling-habits-aggravate-climate-change

 

 

17)                       Insight: East Asian winters have warmed since mid-1980s

http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/54476

 

18)                       Less cooling DMS to protect climate change

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/695-less-cooling-dms-to-protect-climate-change.html#.UiA23n-K8wo